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Title: Mechanical properties of annealed and martensitic Ti--6Al--4V. (A. ) microstructure of solution treated Ti--6Al--4V. (B. ) a study of fatigue damage with ultrasonic internal friction measurements. (C. ). Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7220175

Fatigue life studies are reported on annealed microstructures and on solution treated plus quenched microstructures, and it was found that specimens solution treated at about 900 C (1650 F) had the longest fatigue life, longer by at least a factor of four. The microstructure of solution treated and quenched Ti--6Al--4V is reported with particular emphasis on the solution temperature of 900 C (1650 F). It is proposed that it is the strain induced transformation of retained beta phase to martensite that is producing the improved fatigue life of this alloy. Internal friction measurements using a resonance technique at kilohertz (17650 Hz) frequency were made on Ti--6Al--4V that had been subject to cyclic fatigue loading. The measurements showed that the internal friction increased as the fatigue damage was increased.

Research Organization:
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (USA). Inst. for the Study of Fatigue Fracture and Structural Reliability
DOE Contract Number:
N00019-76-C-0136
OSTI ID:
7220175
Report Number(s):
AD-A-038412
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English